Our Coaches

Most of the coaches listed below coach our regular on-the-water classes. All coaches listed below are available for private coaching: please see here for more information on private coaching (which is available only for club members). 

Amy Abbot

Amy learned to row in Cambridge, MA and continued her development in Seattle. While in Seattle she also started coaching. She is still an active rower and sculler. Amy has been coaching at the NBC for over 10 years. She is available for private coaching for singles/zephyrs, doubles/pairs, and fours/quads.

Joan Brush

Joan Brush

Joan Brush is a longtime member of the Narragansett Boat Club and an active competitor. After graduating from RISD she came to NBC in ’96 and learned to row in the barge. Joan has more than 20 years’ experience competing in both sweeps and sculls and is a 5 time Head of the Charles medalist. She began coaching at NBC in 2012 at both the High School and Masters levels. Since that time, she has coached Juniors thru to Nationals and novice Masters to their very first competition. She believes anytime is a good time to be out on the water. Joan currently coaches NBC Programs and is available for private lessons by appointment.

Lisa Evans

Lisa Evans

Lisa Evans learned to love rowing at Noble and Greenough school where she coxed the boys’ team for one season and rowed for six (including competing in the Head of the Charles in 1978). She rowed a year at Brown and then joined Narragansett Boat Club 22 years later where she sculls most mornings. A US Rowing Level II Coach, Lisa has been coaching youth and masters, novice and competitive rowers on and off the water since 2007. In addition to coaching at NBC, she is the head coach for the St. Mary Academy – Bay View Girls Crew.

Anne Fleet

Jill Hubbard

Jill Hubbard

Jill has been a member of the Narragansett Boat Club since 1993. She learned to row at NBC and is both a sculler and sweep rower. She has competed and won medals in local and national sweep competitions. Jill is a USRowing Level II coach and has coached all ages, from beginner to advanced in the Learn to Row Program at NBC for nearly 20 years.

Emi Marchetti

Fran O'Donnell

Rick Richards

Rick is a long-time recreational rower at NBC and has been coaching in the adult and youth programs for over 5 years. He is interested in working with people who are beginning to row and helping them move on to an intermediate level of skill. His focus is on developing the skills rowers need to progress from a Zephyr to a flat-water single.

Daniela Roop

Daniela Roop

Daniela Roop was a member of the Brown University Women’s Crew for four years. Captain of the team and class of ’93.  After graduating, she became the assistant coach of the Brown Women’s Crew for 3 years working with Phoebe and John Murphy.  She joined the Narragansett Boat Club in 1993 and raced in numerous local regattas in both sculling and sweep rowing events since.  She was the assistant coach of the Bay View Academy rowing team for 3 years working with Albin Moser as Head Coach.  She has coached numerous masters rowing classes at NBC over the years and has recently started coaching the after school and summer competitive junior scullers.

Kristin San Bento

Kristin San Bento

Kristin Mandsager San Bento first learned to scull under Jaime Rubini of Rubini Jewelers and Coach at T.C. Williams H.S. In Alexandria, Va. She then went on to have a solid high school rowing(T.C. Williams) and summer coxing career. Kristin’s Boat was named All-Metropolitan Varsity Lightweight Four two years straight, Northern Virginia champion, won bronze medals from the Stotesbury Regatta and a national championship from S.R.R.A as well as placing in the top 10 at Canadian Henley. She has coxed for such well known teams: Capital Rowing out of Washington, D.C., Narragansett Boat Club, and the University of Rhode Island. Kristin was recruited out of high school to cox for George Washington University, University of Iowa, and URI. After college and getting married Kristin found herself back at Narragansett Boat Club where she coxed many championship boats at Masters Nationals, Head of the Charles, one Head of the Fish men’s championship four, and a gold from FISA World Masters. She has been fortunate to also get back into rowing recreationally when she isn’t coaching or refereeing. Her coaching career has included Masters and youth competitive rowers/scullers at Narragansett Boat Club, Women’s assistant rowing coach Bryant University, and St. Mary’s Bayview freshmen competitive rowing team. Kristin has been refereeing many national championships and collegiate national championship regattas as well as national selection trials when she isn’t coaching at Narragansett Boat Club or teaching 9th graders history all day. She has taught many adults and youth for the past 9 years at the club and enjoys meeting new rowers. Some of the highlights for Kristin include starting races at the IRA championships and seeing many of her former rowers.

Gayle Simmons

Gayle discovered the NBC in her mid-thirties and, after one barge class, was hooked. Within two years she was coaching youth and adult barge and sculling classes, spending part of every day on the water in a single, double or quad and competing as often as possible. Fifteen years later her love for the sport has not waned; neither has her gratitude for every glorious 5:30am sunrise. Gayle is available for private sculling classes by appointment.

Andrew Voorhees

Andrew Voorhees

Andrew coaches sculling or sweep, youth or adult. When coaching the rowing stroke, he emphasizes simplicity and fluidity. When coaching athletes, he emphasizes an individualized approach that meets an athlete’s needs. Andrew has been coaching since he graduated from Ithaca College in 2014.

Contact: andrew.voorhees92@gmail.com

Eric Watne

Adult Programs Coordinator

Kim Worrell

Kim first learned to row as a member of URI Women’s Crew. She learned to scull 15 years ago at NBC and has competed in local, regional, and national regattas in both sweep and sculling for the last 11 years. She was a girls lacrosse coach for 5 years before she began coaching rowing. Kim loves coaching and says it is an absolute joy to be coaching a sport that has become her passion!